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DEBATABLE: #Budget2020: How Do We Fix the Economy?

Season 1, Ep. 13

Recession Recovery for Dummies! While there will be lots of analysis of the details of the 2020 Budget, we're asking a bigger picture question: What's the best way to fix an economy – public or private-sector spending?


Crystal explains how spending on businesses vs spending on services each fix the economy, as the concept that underlies the #Budget2020 media coverage.


IN THIS EPISODE:

  • How private sector-led economic recovery works
  • How public sector-led recovery works
  • The big question that both strategies ask about society
  • Hard truth: the goal is not to help everyone
  • Will the impact of COVID on spending habits change the outcome?


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